FREN 4231 Identity Crisis in Contemporary France

4 semester hours

An analysis of France’s identity crisis in light of recent debates on twentieth-century French history and national identity. The troubled legacies of key events in modern French history, such as the Great War and its destructive effects on postwar French society; Vichy and French participation in the Holocaust; the Algerian War and decolonization; and the crimes of Communism worldwide are examined through the debates and controversies they have generated in France since the 1990s.

Prerequisite: One (1) FREN 3000-level course other than FREN 3104 , or consent of instructor.